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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
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 Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: Funny - About the random 'hi how are you?' |
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This is toingue in cheek.
But have you ever noticed that when white ESL ppl vent on here about strangers blurting out phrases in English at them innapropriately on the street, Korean Americans always say we're being babies etc....
from the site - http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2007/08/ask-korean-news-open-letter-to-non.html
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I'm going to say this, though I'm sure it's been said again and again. It simply cannot be said enough times.
DO NOT say an Asian phrase to a passing Asian girl. Okay, I admit that I was impressed when a Hispanic dude said, "Annyeonghasseyo," mostly because it wasn't "Ni hao" or [dear god] "konnichiwa," but it got old after I hit 15, believe me.
11/10/2008 10:53 PM
Cassie_not_Casey said...
Oh, wow. It's so true. I personally am not Asian, but I have a very good friend, who's name is Dahye. (She's orignially from Korea.) And, people will say these completely inconsiderate things. I know sometimes people aren't doing it deliberately, but I sometimes really want to cup my hands over my face and walk away. Your blog was absolutely hilarious, but everything you said was so typical of the typical American. |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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That is hilarious.
I can't wait to ask an American, "North or South?" 
However, there's little chance of me running into one until February, even then it's chancy. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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People tend to try to speak the language of the foreign person they're talking to. Maybe it's an attempt at a friendly guesture. I used to do it to. If I saw a hispanic person I kinda knew back in highschool, I would try to speak the few Spanish words I know. I guess I thought I was being cool and basically trying to say, "Hey I know your language/culture! We're cool, right?" I had no idea how annoying it was until I met people (in the US) who would say "Anyonghaseyo" or talk about kimchi and taekwondo. Like dude, just because you can say anyong or know what kimchi smells like doesn't mean I want to be your friend.
I stopped doing this because I think it's subtly racist (although unintentional) because you're assuming the person wants to or can speak a particular language because his/her race or nationality. The fact that I'm Korean doesn't mean I want to fix your pronounciation of "bulgogi" nor did all those hispanic people I met thought I was cool because I said, "Que pedo wey." |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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People tend to try to speak the language of the foreign person they're talking to. Maybe it's an attempt at a friendly guesture. I used to do it to. If I saw a hispanic person I kinda knew back in highschool, I would try to speak the few Spanish words I know. I guess I thought I was being cool and basically trying to say, "Hey I know your language/culture! We're cool, right?" I had no idea how annoying it was until I met people (in the US) who would say "Anyonghaseyo" or talk about kimchi and taekwondo. Like dude, just because you can say anyong or know what kimchi smells like doesn't mean I want to be your friend.
I stopped doing this because I think it's subtly racist (although unintentional) because you're assuming the person wants to or can speak a particular language because his/her race or nationality. The fact that I'm Korean doesn't mean I want to fix your pronounciation of "bulgogi" nor did all those hispanic people I met thought I was cool because I said, "Que pedo wey." |
I think this is basically because Americans have a hard time telling the difference between "Korean" and "Korean-American" for example, because (to the untrained eye at least) they appear similar.
A simple way to avoid this is in America is to just speak English to people as a default or when in doubt, and if their accent and mannerisms give them away as obviously foreign, only then can you start asking "what country are you from?" and trying to speak their language or whatever.
If their English is like yours, then just treat them like you would treat yourself. |
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Clockout
Joined: 23 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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What do you guys think about ESL teachers who write their name in Hangul on Facebook?
This has got to be one of the more annoying phenomenons since I came to Korea. |
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Clockout
Joined: 23 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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Some of the "where are you from?" questions are fine. Especially when an Asian-American isn't fluent. There are so many Asian-Americans who have thick accents and broken English despite being born in the U.S.
Also, would never be offended by someone asking my origins/ethnicity. I am happy to talk about my heritage even though it's been like 3 generations since my family emigrated. |
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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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What do you guys think about ESL teachers who write their name in Hangul on Facebook?
This has got to be one of the more annoying phenomenons since I came to Korea. |
Facebook now has the option to use an alternate name. For those who want to put their Korean name in they can simply add it as an alternate name, instead of having "John 김민수 Smith" show up all over the place. The alternate name only shows up in brackets in light text on your own profile page. |
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littlelisa
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:23 am Post subject: |
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What do you guys think about ESL teachers who write their name in Hangul on Facebook?
This has got to be one of the more annoying phenomenons since I came to Korea. |
I do this, but I have a lot of my Korean friends on Facebook. A lot of them actually call me by my Korean name. I think it's a silly thing to do if you have a Korean name that you got from a friend but can't speak a lick of Korean, but for people who actually have people who call them by that name, I think it makes sense. |
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Kiwi Tart
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:22 am Post subject: |
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What do you guys think about ESL teachers who write their name in Hangul on Facebook?
This has got to be one of the more annoying phenomenons since I came to Korea. |
Wow, aren't you a sensitive person.
Maybe they are just happy they have learned how to read and type hangeul enough to spell their names. Plenty of people who are taking the time to study the language enjoy writing things in Korean on facebook. Do you also find it annoying when Koreans write in English?
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Old Gil
Joined: 26 Sep 2009
Location: Got out! olleh!
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:31 am Post subject: |
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What do you guys think about ESL teachers who write their name in Hangul on Facebook?
This has got to be one of the more annoying phenomenons since I came to Korea. |
That makes me want to punchasize a few faces. |
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kabrams
Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Location: your Dad's house
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| Do not ask "Where are you from?" to an Asian person unless you are reasonably certain that s/he is outside of his/her American hometown. If the Asian answers, say, "Los Angeles", do not follow up with "where are you originally from?" or "where are your parents from?" Our precise ethnicity is none of your fucking business. Do we ever ask you whether you are from Dominican Republic, Ireland, or Ivory Coast? |
lol but Asian people do ask me "where I'm really from" or where my parents are from, even in the United States.
There is a lot of ignorance in America, but I get the point. People definitely don't take the hint when it's time to STFU. |
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Bog Roll
Joined: 07 Oct 2009
Location: JongnoGuru country. RIP mate.
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My students here in China love it when I tell them about my Cantonese speaking Chinese great, great grandmother. I don't look Chinese but it is there. They can't get their heads around it!  |
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ntwrightsmom
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Wow... who cares?
They're just trying to be friendly.
Don't be haters! |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| If a Korean looks me in the eye and says "Hello", I'm flattered by the gesture. If they stare at me then wait for me to pass then yell "Hi" at the back of my head, then proceed to giggle and titter with their friend, I get annoyed and offended. Though it happens so often, I ignore it now. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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When a Korean greets a foreigner in English,
doesn't that imply that the foreigner is too stupid to know what "안녕 하세요" means?
If it doesn't, then what DOES it imply? |
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